Anyone fancy Guernsey FCs run in?

[Gary Leeds]

For a team of part timers this fixture backlog must be causing them serious problems

March 2013 Score Attendance
02 Sat 15:00 Cup (FA Vase) Away Walsall Wood D 0 - 0 (AET) 661
09 Sat 19:45 Cup (FA Vase) Home Walsall Wood W 3 - 1 2597
17 Sun 13:30 League Home South Park W 1 - 0 1117
19 Tue 19:45 League Away Epsom & Ewell W 5 - 2 185
23 Sat 15:00 Cup (FA Vase) Home Spennymoor Town L 1 - 3 4290
26 Tue 19:45 League Away Raynes Park Vale W 5 - 1 75
30 Sat 17:30 Cup (FA Vase) Away Spennymoor Town L 0 - 1 1643

April 2013 Score Attendance
01 Mon 13:00 League Away Windsor W 6 - 1 535
05 Fri 19:45 League Away South Park W 2 - 0 219
06 Sat 19:45 League Home Cove L 1 - 2 1040
07 Sun 13:30 League Home Camberley Town D 2 - 2 963
09 Tue 19:45 League Away Farnham Town W 2 - 1 105
12 Fri 19:45 League Home Horley Town W 4 - 1 939
14 Sun 13:30 League Home Raynes Park Vale W 4 - 3 1335
16 Tue 19:30 League Away Hanworth Villa L 1 - 2 102
18 Thu 19:45 League Away Badshot Lea D 2 - 2 80
20 Sat 19:45 League Home Hanworth Villa W 5 - 1 949
21 Sun 13:30 League Home Chessington & Hook United L 0 - 2 1041
24 Wed 19:30 League Away Colliers Wood United
26 Fri 19:45 League Home Ash United
27 Sat 17:30 League Home Molesey
28 Sun 13:30 League Home Sandhurst Town
30 Tue 19:45 League Away Bedfont Sports

May 2013 Score Attendance
03 Fri 19:45 League Home Dorking
04 Sat 15:00 League Home Hartley Wintney
05 Sun 13:30 League Home Epsom & Ewell
06 Mon 13:00 League Home Farnham Town

16 games in April and 11 games in 16 days between 20th April and 6th May

They are still getting decent home gates though, looks as if away teams have been struggling to get over there

 

[Pavilionaire]

I wonder if Matt Le Tissier is playing tonight / on Friday / Saturday / Sunday?

 

[finlaych]

Playing on 4 days in a row is mad, has to be the most in a row ever?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Interesting to see that four teams seem to have opted for a trip to the Channel Islands over the early May bank holiday weekend - Dorking, Hartley Wintney, Epsom & Ewell and Farnham Town

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Interesting to see that four teams seem to have opted for a trip to the Channel Islands over the early May bank holiday weekend - Dorking, Hartley Wintney, Epsom & Ewell and Farnham Town

All paid for by the league's sponsors I expect.
This was certainly the case when I was playing rugby for Cranleigh back in the 90's and we were in the same league as Jersey. The sponsors (of the league and Jersey RFC) were Hill Samuel who also owned the airline we used - Jersey European. A great social weekend - but we got a "Blackpool like" stuffing.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

It's often fog closing the airport I believe. It was closed again today for that reason, I recall hearing them saying it on the Radio 2 travel news earlier.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

All paid for by the league's sponsors I expect.
This was certainly the case when I was playing rugby for Cranleigh back in the 90's and we were in the same league as Jersey. The sponsors (of the league and Jersey RFC) were Hill Samuel who also owned the airline we used - Jersey European. A great social weekend - but we got a "Blackpool like" stuffing.

I used to play in the South East Counties women's league. Then the Isle of Wight team applied to join. First time round, it was all a bit of a novelty to go over there to play. After that, the realisation that the IoW is actually largely a dump, and the hassle of having to get up earlier on a Sunday morning, trek down to Portsmouth (never good), and arse about waiting for ferries, rapidly lost its attraction. The League did not pay for any of it, although I think they did initially have a rule- soon scrapped- that the other team had to pick us up in Cowes and drive us to the ground.

 

[Arthur]

Tunbridge Wells who unlike Gurnsey made it to the Vase final (and have sold 8.5k tickets to date) have similar problems:

Tunbridge Wells Football Club - Matches

 

[The Wookiee]

I bet that's a cracking away day !!

 

[Arthur]

I bet that's a cracking away day !!

I think their fans see coming over here every other week as that. They played Crowborough in one of the early rounds of the vase and they brought about 60 fans and BBC Gurnsey so they could beam the game back to the island.

Plenty of money over there so can see them progressing up the pyramid quite rapidly.

 

[Paddy B]

Tunbridge Wells opponents in the Vase final Spennymoor are also in a similar predicament. Complicated by the fact that they are fighting with Darlington for the Northern League title

 

[Paxton Dazo]

As I mentioned on the Whitehawk thread, there is far to much football played in those lower tiers.

 

[atfc village]

Interesting to see that four teams seem to have opted for a trip to the Channel Islands over the early May bank holiday weekend - Dorking, Hartley Wintney, Epsom & Ewell and Farnham Town

Farnham's game was called off at last minute ,they had already travelled and were not happy.Guernsey had played on the Friday night and it rained so waterlogged the pitch for Farnham's Saturday Game.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

They have been promoted, despite 20 games in the last 36 days.

 

[surrey jim]

What division are they in (or going into)

 

[Boys 9d]

They have been promoted, despite 20 games in the last 36 days.

They should join Peacehaven in Ryman South along with Burgess Hill Worthing and other Sussex clubs.

 

[saafend_seagull]

Le tissier only managed one game then

 

[Gazwag]

It's often fog closing the airport I believe. It was closed again today for that reason, I recall hearing them saying it on the Radio 2 travel news earlier.

Their pitch was underwater for most of the winter